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Eid Through the Looking Glass
Eid Through the Looking Glass
A holiday of feasts does make sense following a month of fasting, but surely there is more to be sought, as every event ought to be an opportunity to grow for the believer.
Don’t Violate the Rights of the Poor: A Guide to Doing Zakat Right – Traversing Tradition
Don’t Violate the Rights of the Poor: A Guide to Doing Zakat Right – Traversing Tradition
Muslims normally pay their Zakat in Ramadan. The holy month is a sanctuary, in which good deeds and bad deeds alike weigh immeasurably more heavily.
Halal Consumption and Our Spiritual Health
Halal Consumption and Our Spiritual Health
We must be scrupulous in what we eat because the rest of human civilization depends on us. The actions of non-Muslims are not as important as the actions of Muslims — it is the actions of Muslims t…
Ramadan: Beyond the Nafs, Towards the Lord
Ramadan: Beyond the Nafs, Towards the Lord
The reduction of Islamic practices to an incentive of material or individualist well-being is in effect a liberal remaking of Islam. In essence fasting cultivates a self that is conscious of the tr…
Menstruation and Worship
Menstruation and Worship
In recent years, this has been another rung of debate in Muslim women’s related issues – and events to talk about women’s spirituality whilst menstruating are plentiful especially in Ramadan.…
On the Necessity of Spiritual Mentorship for Muslims
On the Necessity of Spiritual Mentorship for Muslims
My wife and I recently spent some quality time with religious mentors in our lives. As usual, we were struck by the ways in which they are a clarifying presence in our lives, which we often needles…
Revisiting the Premise of FCNA’s Fatwa on Calculations versus Moonsighting
Revisiting the Premise of FCNA’s Fatwa on Calculations versus Moonsighting
In 2006, the Fiqh Council of North America (“FCNA”) adopted its fatwa concluding that calculations should replace the traditional practice of moonsighting to determine the Islamic lunar months. Tho…
Faithless Fasting: Ramadan in the Modern Political Economy
Faithless Fasting: Ramadan in the Modern Political Economy
One of the biggest challenges for corporate America today is diversity: racial, religious, ethnic, sexual, etc.
Ramadan: The Month of Anti-Imperialism
Ramadan: The Month of Anti-Imperialism
Muslims have grown accustomed to living in a perpetual state of defense as the price of their existence, readily deploying explanations for their religious and cultural practices.
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Reading Silence: Omission, ʻIbra, and Islamic Philosophy of History
Reading Silence: Omission, ʻIbra, and Islamic Philosophy of History
Exploring the dual meanings of history and distinguishing between past events and their historiographical accounts. It analyzes modern historiographical philosophical frameworks, particularly focus…
Toward a Contemporary Ihya’ of Sufism
Toward a Contemporary Ihya’ of Sufism
Imam Al-Ghazali’s journey of spiritual and intellectual awakening highlights the importance of divine illumination over rigid proofs. This resonates with the my own struggles in contemporary …
The Fictional Thirst and Postmodern Hunger
The Fictional Thirst and Postmodern Hunger
“Verily, hardship is followed by ease.” -Quran 94:6 Fiction is valued for its magnificent ability to portray lived ideologies in metaphorical form. Such portrayals are assessed, positively or…
Preconfiguring the Revolution: An Anarchist Manifesto on Palestine and the Global Muslim Community
Preconfiguring the Revolution: An Anarchist Manifesto on Palestine and the Global Muslim Community
There has never been, in the modern West, a radical political movement by orthodox Muslims designed to build our communities from the ground up. There have been movements focussed on electoral poli…
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